SATAN’S MEETING

(Read even if you’re busy)

Satan called a worldwide convention of demons. In his opening address he said, “We can’t keep
Christians from going to church. We can’t keep them from reading their Bible knowing the truth. We can’t
even keep them from forming an intimate relationship with their Jesus Christ. Once they gain that connection
with Jesus Christ, our power over them is broken. So let them go to their Churches; let them have their
covered dish dinners, BUT steal their time, so they don’t have time to develop a relationship with Jesus Christ,
this is what I want you to do,” said the devil. “Distract them from gaining hold of their God and maintaining
that vital connection throughout their day!” “How shall we do this?” his demons shouted. “Keep them busy in
the non-essentials of life and invent innumerable schemes to occupy their minds”, he answered. “Tempt them
to spend, spend, spend and borrow, borrow, borrow. Persuade their wives to go to work for long hours and
the husbands to work 6 – 7 days each week, 10 – 12 hours a day, so they can afford their empty lifestyles.
Keep them from spending time with their children. As their families fragment, soon, their homes will offer no
escape from the pressures of work! Over stimulate their minds so that they can not hear that still, small voice.
Entice them to play the radio or cassette player whenever they drive, to keep the TV, VCR, CDs and their PCs
going constantly in their home and see to it that every store and restaurant in the world plays music
constantly. This will jam their minds and break that union with God. Fill the coffee tables with magazines and
newspapers. Pound their minds with the news 24 hours a day. Invade their driving moments with billboards.
Flood their mailboxes with junk mail, mail order catalogs, sweepstakes, and every kind of newsletter and
promotional offering free products, services and false hopes. Keep skinny, beautiful models on the magazines
and TV so their husbands will believe that outward beauty is what’s important, and they’ll become dissatisfied
with their wives. Keep the wives too tired to love their husbands at night. Give them headaches too! If they
don’t give their husbands the love they need, they will begin to look elsewhere. That will fragment their
families quickly! Give them story books to distract them from teaching their children the real meaning of
prayer. Keep them too busy to go out with nature and reflect on God creation. Send them to amusement parks,
sporting events, plays, concerts, and movies instead. Keep them busy, busy, busy!” “And when they met for
spiritual fellowship, involve them in gossip and small talk so that they leave with troubled consciences. Crowd
their lives with so many good causes they have no time to seek power from God. Soon they will be working in
their own strength, sacrificing their health and family for the good of the cause. It will work! It will work!” It
was quite a plan! The demons went eagerly to their assignments causing Christians everywhere to get busier
and more rushed, going here and there. Having little time for their God or families. Having no time to tell
others about the power of God to change lives. I guess the question is: Has the devil been successful in his
schemes? You be the judge!!!! Does busy mean:

B-eing U-nder S-atan’s Y-oke?